War is not an academic exercise. Scott Ritter More Quotes by Scott Ritter More Quotes From Scott Ritter I love my country more than anything. I spent 12 years in the United States Marine Corps. I know what it means to defend this country. Scott Ritter marinemeancountry I can train a monkey to wave an American flag. That does not make the monkey patriotic. Scott Ritter patriotismpatrioticdoe I'm someone who believes the truth needs to be heard. And if I'm empowered with the truth, I'm not going to shut up. Scott Ritter shut-upbelieveneeds While we were never able to provide 100 percent certainty regarding the disposition of Iraq's proscribed weaponry, we did ascertain a 90-95 percent level of verified disarmament. This figure takes into account the destruction or dismantling of every major factory associated with prohibited weapons manufacture, all significant items of production equipment, and the majority of the weapons and agent produced by Iraq. Scott Ritter agentsiraqlevels That we have collectively failed to halt and repudiate the war in Iraq makes us even worse than the Germans. Scott Ritter iraqhaltwar When I resigned, I put the U.S. Government on notice that I'm going to stick to policy issues, that I have no intention of going out and blowing the cover off of the intelligence operations, that those are truly sensitive and they should not be exposed. Scott Ritter issuesgoing-outgovernment Weapons of mass destruction aren't pulled out of a black hat like a white rabbit at a magic show. They're produced in factories. There's science and technology involved. They're not produced in a hole in the ground or in a basement. Scott Ritter mass-destructiontechnologywhite One, if you attack my integrity, I will defend myself. If you attack my patriotism, I will defend myself. If you come after my family, I will counter-attack viciously, I will destroy you. Scott Ritter counter-attackpassionintegrity My personal missteps - how many Americans have died as a result of that? None. Other than my family, how many victims were there? None. And yet, in refusing to engage in a responsible debate about Iraq, how many Americans died? Thousands. And America seems to have no problem with that. Scott Ritter iraqproblemamerica The most dangerous thing Iraq could have ever had was a nuclear weapon. The nuclear weapon Iraq was trying to build was not deliverable by bomb or ballistic missile. It was a large, bulky device that they hoped to bury and set off to let the world know they had a nuclear weapon. They never achieved that. Scott Ritter nucleariraqtrying It is hard as an American to support the failure of American military operations in Iraq. Such failure will bring with it the death and wounding of many American service members, and many more Iraqis. Scott Ritter iraqsupportmilitary The United States is the laughingstock of the world. Scott Ritter united-statesstatesworld I think the danger right now is that without effective inspections, without effective monitoring, Iraq can in a very short period of time measured in months, reconstitute chemical and biological weapons, long-range ballistic missiles to deliver these weapons, and even certain aspects of their nuclear weaponization program. Scott Ritter iraqlongthinking If people don't like the history, I'm sorry. Scott Ritter ifssorrypeople My goal in Baghdad was to facilitate a debate here in the United States on America's policy toward Iraq, a debate that's been sadly lacking. Scott Ritter iraqgoalamerica I can generate attention quickly. Scott Ritter i-canattention Our guys working this area for a living all believe Chalabi and all those guys in their Bond Street suits are charlatans. To take them for a source of anything except a fantasy trip would be a real stretch. But it's an article of faith among those with no military experience that the Iraqi military is low-hanging fruit. Scott Ritter realmilitarybelieve [Operation] Rockingham was spinning reports and emphasizing reports that showed non-compliance (by Iraq with UN inspections) and quashing those which showed compliance. It was cherry-picking intelligence. Scott Ritter cherriesspinningiraq I consider myself to be a true friend of the Israeli people. But I define friendship as someone who takes care of a friend, who just doesn't use or exploit a friend. And, you know, there's that old adage: 'Friends don't let friends drive drunk'. Scott Ritter true-frienddrunkpeople Iraq has a tremendous amount of history. Scott Ritter amountiraq
